Getac Technology Corporation Statement on Intel security update (IPU 2022.3 & 2023.1)

Getac Technology Corporation Statement on Intel security update (IPU 2022.3 & 2023.1)  

NOTICE: Getac Technology Corporation (“Getac”) continues to work on qualifying and applying the fixes provided by Intel on supported Getac systems. Please refer to the table below to identify fixes for your systems.

Release Date:    17^th Mar, 2023

Last Updated:    15^th June, 2023

Summary: 

SA-00688: Potential security vulnerabilities in BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow escalation of privilege.  Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities. (link)

SA-00610: Potential security vulnerabilities in some Intel® Chipset Firmware in Intel® Converged Security and Manageability Engine (CSME), Intel® Active Management Technology (AMT) and Intel® Server Platform Services (SPS) may allow escalation of privilege or denial of service.  Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities. (link)

SA-00699: A potential security vulnerability in some Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi, Intel vPro® CSME WiFi and Killer™ WiFi products may allow denial of service. Intel is releasing a firmware update to mitigate this potential vulnerability. (link)

SA-00717: Potential security vulnerabilities in the BIOS firmware and Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) Secure Initialization (SINIT) Authenticated Code Modules (ACM) for some Intel® Processors may allow escalation of privilege.  Intel is releasing BIOS updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities. (link)

Getac Affected Products and Recommendation:

1.    For certain products currently being manufactured or already in the field, Getac will also release solutions for the update. Please check the affected products in the table below: 

2.    The latest version solution is backwards-compatible with the previous version.

GETAC AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND SOLUTION (SA-00610 / SA-00699)

* Please note that the schedule above is subject to change due to the test status.  

GETAC AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND SOLUTION (SA-00610 /SA-00699 )

* Please note that the schedule above is subject to change due to the test status.  

GETAC AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND SOLUTION (SA-00688 )

* Please note that the schedule above is subject to change due to the test status.  

GETAC AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND SOLUTION (SA-00717 )

* Please note that the schedule above is subject to change due to the test status.  

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